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Your Heart And You
Fhis is one of a series of articles prepared by heart speclaMsts ofrili
ated with the Georgia Heart Association to inform the publio on aspects
of diseases of the heart and blood vesselg.
Childhood’s Greatest Enemy
Rheumatic fever and rheumatic
heart disease have been labeled
“Childhood’'s Greatest Enemy.”
Next to accidents, they kill or dis
able more school-age children than
any other cause.
However, better methods of care
and prevention are bringing nota
ble advances in the control of
these diseases., And knowing the
facts—what to watch for and what
to do—can spare parents needless
worry over their children’s health.
Rheumatic fever is inflammatory
rheumatism and despite the term
it is & condition affecting prima
rily the heart instead of the joints,
This disorder is related to acute
tonsillitis and streptococcal infec
tions (bwt is in no wise a constant
effect of these infections).
Young e¢hildren are the main
folks hit” by rheumatic fever. In
children it may be quite dangerous
—leading to death at times or to
permanent scarring of the heart
valves,
Fortunately, dabout 75 percent of
the ehildren affected recover with
no damage at all. But, unfortunate
ly, recurrent infection may occur
and repeated infections naturally
lead to more damage—so that, if
'LITTLE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE'
MAY BE PAT NEAL'S NEW SUITOR
By ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD — (NEA) — Ro
mance: Far be it from me to ac
cuse Patricia Neal of inventing a
“Harvey,” but the tongue-wag
gers around town are muttering
that there is no Duane Maxwell.
He's the wealthy, Southern Rhett
Butlerish suitor who's been linked
with Pat in print.
If Audie Murphy weds airline
stewardess Pamela Archer after
April 18—the date of his final di
vorce decree — he will have the
blessings of ex-wife Wanda Hen
drix. Straight-faced Wanda on the
set of “The Highwaymen”:
“Pamela’s a wonderful girl and
my pick for Audie. She’ll be good
for him. If this can be, Pamela's
the one.” .
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PREVIEWS: Someone tells Dick
Powell, in Ul's “You Never
Know":
“You don't look like a private
e_veu"
Replies Dick: “Do we all have to
look like Dick Powell?”
Bill Wililams plays a Texas cat
tleman in his new movie. All the
action in the picture takes place
in Washington, D. C. .The titie of
the picture is “Havana Rose.” . End
confusion.
Now it’s a lady pirate braver
and bolder than Errol Flynn and
tougher than Humphrey Bogart.
As Anne in “Anne of the Indies,”
Jean Peters will: }
Beat Louis Jourdan into uncon=
sciousness with a bull whip. Shoot
nine men to death and order 17
others to walk the plank. Knock
out Louis Gomez’s front teeth with
the butt end of a pistol. Slash
Herbert Marshall with a cutlass.
Lead a drunken pirate crew in
hand-to-hand combat with de
fenders of three British'ships, =
All to the tune of the “Tennes
see Waltz"? X
Changeaver
CAREER SWITCH: Tom Con
way, brother of George Sanders, is
playing his first comedy role in
“Painting the .Cleuds ‘With Sun
shine” and shudders at the men
tion of his long scréen career as a
Here’s How Long It Takes
Flower Seeds to Sprout
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The fact that many flower seeds
take eonsiderably longer to germ
inate than vegetables is responsible
for some failures by amateyrs who
sow them directly in the garden.
Those which germinate quickly, are
the easiest to grow in this manner.
Among these.are the following-an
nuals, which should germinate in 5
days: Ageratum, amaranthus, an
themis, candytuft, cardinal climber,
centaurea, clarkia, calliopsis, cos
mos, ¢ynoglossum, dahlias, annual
pinks, heleniums, helichrysuym, ap
nual mallow, marigold, mignonette,
four-o-clocks, Virginia stocks, vis
caria, and zinnia, s 3
When, in addition to quick germ
ination, a flower has large seed and
colorful blossoms, it is bouind to be
widely grown and popular, because
easy to grow. Marigolds and zin
nias, which share with petunias the
popular leaderéhip, hid ¥ast grow
ing, large seeds; yet vetunias, which
rival them in popularity, have the
smallest seeds of any, take 10 days
so two weeks to germinate and are
scldom gown directly in the garden.
These small seeded, slow germ
inators ere as easy to grow as the
fast olrys if they are started in a
seed bok. Success, in fact, is'even
surer, because of reduced hazards.
But it helps to know how long you
must wait after sowing for the
sprouts to appear, and it enables
you to sow varieties of about the
same germination peried in the
same box,
Ten day germinators include
acroclinum, pimpernell, anchusa,
#napdragons, asters, balsam, bra
¢hycome, calendula, earnation. eei
several attacks of rheumatic fever
occur, valve damage is almost cer
tain to follow. This leads to trouble
later in life,
Such drugs as penicillin and sul
fa unfortunately will not cure rheu
‘mstic fever, We have no actual
|cure but very definite ideas of
{how to handle children with rheu
|matic fever, They deserve bed rest
|and good food for a long time, the
|time depending on the recovery.
’ We have two drugs available to
ald us in quieting the acute illness:
(1) salicylates in large doses (this
means aspirin or its kin) and (2)
cortisone or ACTH. Either of these
materials tend to stop the fever,
|aching joints and acute heart trou
|ble while the patient begins on his
|recovery which may take months,
Remember that, despite the se
riousness of the disease, good nurs
ing and medical care and optimism
|on the part of the parents usually
leads to good recovery. And, in an
attempt to prevent recurrent trou
ble, the physician often advises
agentg that may cut down strepto
coccal throat jnfectione,
The maintenance of good nutri
tion, suitable rest and avoidance of
!luch infections are important fac
tors in future life,
suave detective.
“] saw the handwriting on the
wall and quit the ‘Falson’ series,”
Conway explains. ‘RKO offered
Ime a nice piece of change to con
tinue, but I couldn’t see it. I
didn’'t have to knew the lines. 1
knew what they were going to be
‘by the situation. All we did was
do the same story over and over.
The title was all that was new.”
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| MEMORIES: Joel McCrea tells
some hair-raising tales of his 20-
year career as a flicker hero. He
| remembers a handsome extra who
| worked in one of his films. He
|suggestcd that the studia, sign up
the kid. The studio’s answer was
“Pretty boys are a dime a doz
en.”
l The kid turned out to be Ty-
Tone Power,
In 1932, there was an economy
wave at RKO. Among those fired
were Joel, who was getting S2OO
a week, and Irene Dunne, who was
making $20,000 a picture: Three
]months later RKO had to re-hire
Irene for $75,000 a picture and
[Joel went to work at another lot
for SIOOO a week.
Just before Joel started “Bird of
| Paradise,” opposite Dolores Del
Rio, John Gilbert came to him and
pleaded:
I “Look, Joel, they say I'm washed
'up in talkies because of my voice.
But I don’t believe it, I get
[ $250,000 a picture. You're getting
Is2oo a week. If you can talk the
studio into letting me do ‘Bird of
IParadise,’ instead of you, I'll take
the S2OO a week and give you
$250,000.”
Joel took Gilbert to the studio
boss and suggested him for the
role. The brass had dismissed
Gilbert with:
| . “It’s no use, Gilbert. You've got
a voice that sounds like a woman.”
Three weeks later Gilbert died
—Oof a broken heart.
Here and There
SHORT TAKES: Maureen O'-
Hara, pleading exhaustion, has
asked RKO to find another co-star
for George Dolenz in “The Return
of Zorro.” ... MGM’s now wooing
Jeff Chandler to take over the
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Scabiosa fakes ten days to show.
astium, cleome, cosmidium, di
morphotheca, California poppy,
gypsophila, lobelia, lupin, nigella,
pansy, poppy, portulaca, scabiosa,
tithonia.
Varieties which take from 15 to
20 days to show growth include be
gonia, datura, annual larkspur,
godetia, impatiens, kochia, pri
mula, salvia, .sal{:iglossis. sweet
peas. Of these, Jarkspur and salpi
glossis do not thrive when trans
planted, and can be grown from
seed sown direct in the garden, if
care is taken not to disturb the seed
bed before they grow. This list of
germination periods is not easy to
obtain, as few catalogues or books
give them. It will be a good one to
keep,
swashbuckling star role in “Ivane
hoe.”
Bob Hope’s favorite x;fiio gome-~
dienne, Irene Ryan, ?u“'
S3OOO a week for a Las :m
nitery apgoarancc ++ « There's
of Don Taylor as Gary Cooper's
buddy in “Distant Drums” . . .
There's another movie cooking for
Marta Toren and Humphrey Bo
gart, who click as a team in “Si
rocco.”
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FAME: J. C. Penney’s new Help
Wanted ad reads: |
“Where Movie Scouts Look for
New Faces! Debbie Reynoldll
worked here!”
What The
People Say
MRS. BIRDSONG REPLIES
TO MR. HAYGOOD
Editor, Banner-Herald
Mr. O. W. Haygood in Thurs
day’s Banner-Herald asked, “Who
gets the revenue” for the liquor
that is bought by Athenians?
The average over the nation is
that 77 per cent of the revenue
goes to Washington, 23 per cent
stays in the state, The city, where
it is bought, gets about 9 per cent
of the amount that stays in the
state. That amount would not re
duce taxes nor pave streets either.
Has anybody’s taxes been reduced
since we got Repeal? I have not
heard of such a thing.
A special commission reported
to the 1945 Massachusetts Legis
lature that the annual public cost
of drunkenness was $61,000,000 in
that state. They received the same
year in taxes $13,139,226, which
means that the results of drinking
cost the taxpayers nearly five
times as much as the amount re
ceived in taxes from the Brewers
and Distillers. This report to the
legislature in Massachusetts
stressed the fact that the above
costs did not include the cost of
buildings for the cure of the alco
holics, court costs, loss of man-e
hours in industry, and such things
as broken homes and lives.
In Denver, Colorado, according
to their official record 75 per cent
of the policeman’s time is taken
up with arresting and hauling the
drunks to jail, The cost of keeping
policemen has to come out of the
taxpayer’'s pocket. If drunken
ness were stopped 70 per cent of
the cost of maintaining the more
than 3,000 jails in this country
could be done away, according to
Dr. James W. Henley. These jails
are built and equipped and main
tained out of the taxpayers money.
Liquor revenue is a myth. ;
Mr, Haygood says he hates li
quor and I believe him; and prob
ably every one else who knows
him believes him also. But how
can he say liquor stores improve
a town at all—much less 100 per
cent.
Mr. Haygood seems to think that
a few liquor stores up town would
stop the bootlegger. Joseph Choate,
the first alcohol administrator ap
pointed by FDR soon after we- got
Repeal, made this statement: “As
for a remedy for the bootlegger
we will have to look elsewhere
than Repeal for we have twice as
many bootleggers as we had dur
ing prohibition days.” He was in
position to speak with authority.
We all read in the papers a few
months ago about the vast amount
of bootleg liquor that came from
Joliet Illinois. down through the
-Carlinas into Georgia. Bootlegging
on such a scale was never heard
of during prohibition days.
We don’t keep rattle snakes on
the main streets in order to regu
late them, we will them; and fi
one crawls into view we tend to
him immediately. We don’t wor
ry abeout wasting some delicious
rattlesnake meat (revenue) while
we are at it either, Legal liquor
will damn the soul of the person
who drinks as quickly as illegal
liquor.
Liquor stores here would simply
mean more liquor for Athens, and
we have more than is good for us
now.
Sincerely,
MRS. H. w. BIRDSONG
Thanks Banner-Herald
Editor,
The Atksns Banner-Herald.
Last ¥week we requested your
assistan®@® in pyblicizing the fact
that unless Social Security elaims
were filed by certain individuals
before the end of March they
would lose one or more monthly
benefit payments.
The publicity that you -gave to
this subject resulted in our having
42 claims filed on last Saturday
and 26 of that number would have
lost one or more months’ benefits.
Please accept our thanks for
your cooperation,
Sincerely yours,
A, B. Cochran,
Manager.
The longest overtime game in
the National Hockey League took
place in Montreal when the Mon
treal Maroons and Detroit Red
Wings-played 116 minutes and 30
seconds of overtime play before
Detroit won, 1-0,
The first American aimanac was
published by William Pierce, of
Cambridge, Mass., in 1630.
Our word “alimony” comes from
the Latin “alimonia,” meaning
nourishment or sustenance,
CARD OF THANKS |
We wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for your
kind consideration and words of
sympathy following the announ~e- |
ment of the death of our son,
Corporal Hampton Dockery, who
.died in Korea on March 6th and |
the funeral was April 6th. It is .
impossible for us to see each one |
of you in person and we hope
you will accept this as a personal
expression from our family. Your
friendship certainly nmeant agreat
deal for the comforts of our bro
ken hearts and your beautiful
flowers was also a comfort in
that you did not forget us in our
greatest sorrow. May God bless
vou will be our prayers. ,
MR. AND MRS. J. W. DOCKERY |
and Family, |
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TEAMED AGAIN—Pop and Mom will recall with a sigh that back in the Twenties Jonet Gay
and Charles Farrell personified youthful romance in the silent movies. Today they W v
of retirement to play, on a radio program, their original roles in “Seventh Heaven,” 09’
that rocketed them to fame and fortune. At left, Janet and Charlie clinch in one of thelr old
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duction lines of North American Aviation Co, in Los Angeles, where ramp erews work into the
night to meet stepped-up demands for the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, The jet with the sweptback
wings has been one of the Air Farce's mainstavs in Korea o
Childers Rites
ToßeHeld
Sunday, 2P. M.
Mrs. Maude Childers, well
known resident of Colbert, died at
her home Friday at 12:15 p. m.
Mrs. Childers was 78 years old and
had been ill for the past month.
Services are to be conducted
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from
Colbert Baptist Church with the
pastor, Rev. William Crowe, offi
ciating,
Interment wiil follow in Col
bert Cemetery, pall-bearers to be
announced later by Bridges Fun
eral Home, in charge of arrange
ments.
Mrs. Childers is survived by a
daughter, Mrs, R. H. Johnson, Col
bert; two sisters, Mrs. W. L.
Young and Miss Lou Patton, both
of Colbert; brother, J. C. Patton,
West Union, S. C.; granddaughter,
Mrs. W. O. Graft, Rome, Ga., two
great - grandchildren and three
great-great-grandchildren.
A native of Oglethorpe County,
Mrs. Childers had been a resident
of Colbert for the past 55 years.
She was a devoted member of Col
bert Baptist Church and gave that
institution a great deal of her time
and talents. She was preceded in
death by her husband, the late L.
A. Childers, in 1947. She had a
large number of friends who were
saddened by her death,
Tn 1936 the Salisbury club of the
Eastern Shore League dropped
from the top to the bottom of the
standings by losing 21 games in
one week. The League president
ruled that an ineligible player was
on the roster.
Kitchen tongs should be used to |
turn steaks or chops; they do notl
pierce the meat, as a fork does, |
and so prevent juices from run
ning out, '
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time to time, before using. Accu
mulations of dust make the lampi
less effective. |
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Eye Exercises
Can Be Useless
And Beneficial
NEW YORK-—Eye exercises are
beneficial in some cases but use
less or even dangerous in others,
according to the Better Vision In
stitute. The value of such exerciseg
depends on the nature and serious
ness of your visual errors. Also, it
is emphasized, eye exercises
should only be attempted under
the direction of a qualified spe
cialist who has thoroughly ex
amined your eyesight.
Seeing is an acquired skill, and
most people fail to use all their
potential visual abilities. Some
develop good visual skills, while
others develop faulty gecing habits
although their eyes may be struce~
turally perfect.
One scientist taught servicemen
to recognize types of planes and
ships 1-100 of a second and to read
two or three times faster than they
ever had before. Some of the men
retained their new visual skills,
}mt others relapsed into old hab
ts.
About seven years ago, in Balt
imore, the first test to evaluate
visual training scientifically had
the following results: Of a zroug
of nearsighted subjects who too!
eye exercises three times weekly
for eight weeks, 30 wound up with
much better vision, 81 improved
slightly, 32 were unchanged, and
10 had poorer vision. A compar
sble test in St. Louis at a later
ate markedly aided the vision of
a dozen subjects, slightly aided
that of another dozen, and had no
effect on that of 30 others.
Excellent results have been ac
complished through the use of vis=
ual training to correct squint.
Thousands of children have re
gained normal eyesight in this
way, Without surgery.
A typical visual training pro=-
gram consists of three 30-to-60-
minute periods a week. Many
people with mild seeing faults
have about a 50-50 chance of bene
fiting from such training. But un
less improvement is noticed im
mediately and progress is con
stant the value of continuing is
questionable. And, the Institute
warns again, eye exercises should
not be risked without & thorough
eyesight examination and com
petent professional guidance,
A helicopter can seed 2,000
acres of forest land in a day com
pared to one acre by a man.
SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 1851,
Stamps In
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Today’s News
A, T e i
By SYD KRONISH
The first U. 8. commemorative
stamp to be issued this year is the
3-cent stamg honoring the Final
Reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans. This stamp will bJ first
placed on sale at Norfolk, Va., on
May 30, 1951.
The central design of this gray
colored adhesive shows a gon
federate veteran as he appears to
day, In the background is the
same veteran in his youth as =
Confederate soldier. Across the
top of the stamp is the wording
“Final Reunion United Confeder
ate Veterans.” In the upper left
corner is an hour glass repre
senting time—most of which has
run out as indicated. Across the
face of the hour glass are the let
ters UCV,
Stamp collectors desiring first
day cancellations may send a
limited number of addressed
envelopes, not in excess of 10,
to the Postmaster at Norfolk, Va.,
with money order of remittance
to cover the cost of the stamps to
be affixed. The outside envelope
to the Postmaster should be en
dorsed “First Paz Cgvers.”
The centenary of Tuscany has
been honored by Italy with a new
20-lire stamp. Depicted on the
stamp is a reproduction of the first
Tuscany stamp in the foreground.
The monuments of Florence are in
the backgroun:l. it
Finland has Issued three new
semi-postals to aid the Red Cross.
The 7-markka plus-2 brown shows
‘a tuberculosis sanitarium. The
12-m-plus-3 violet illustrates a
blood donor and a nurse. The
20-m-pius red pictures the Red
Cross emblem plus the interlock
ing hearts sign, Each stamp has a
Red Cross symbol prominently
displayed.
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Israel has issued three new
stamps to honor the 50th anniver
sary of the Jewish National Fund.
This Fund was created to redeem
the land of Palestine through na
tional ownership. Jews throughout
the world contributed. Land was
purchased, settlements were es
tablished, forests planted and wa
ter resources tapped. The 15-pruta
red brown shows a tractor, grain
and a silo. The 25-pruta green
fllustrates a tree. The 80-pruta
blue depicts a man behind his twe
horses and plow. In the back
ground of this highest value stamp
is a reproduction of the first Jew
ish National Fund stamp issued
50 years ago.
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To commemorate the centenary
of the death of Gen. Jose de S
Martin, Chile has issued two new
stamps, reports the New York
Stamp Co. The 60-centavos blue
shows a portrait of San Martin.
The 5 pesos lavender pictures the
general on horseback leading his
men through the Villa Prades, 2
pass in the Andes mountains.
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San Marino has also issued a
Red Cross set of three stamps. The
23-lire, 75-1 and 100-1 are ftri
colored and have the Red Cross
symbol prominently displayed.
Scenic spots in the country appear
on these stamps,
Nineteen games were played in
the Stanley Cup hockey playoffs
of 1950. Six of these games were
decided in overtime sessions.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, win
ners of the Stanley Cup hockey
playoffs in 1947, 48 and 49, have
missed the post-schedyle -classic
only once in the last 20 years.
That was in 1946,
Bill Meyer, now manager of ihe
Pittsburgh Pirates, and Eddie Dy~
er, former pilot of the St. Louis
Cards, have won pennants in four
minor leagues. :